Bundi is a town in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris:
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Ranthambhore National Park is home to 73 Bengal tigers, and is a popular place in India to see these animals in their natural jungle habitat, but on our visit they all stayed well away from our route. Fortunately there is a wide variety of other wildlife to see:
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The small city (by Indian standards) of Karauli lies to the South-East of Agra in the state of Rajasthan. The city contains a royal palace, parts dating back to the 14th Century, which despite not getting a mention in Wikipedia, is well worth a visit:
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Sydney Opera House: the designs that didn’t make it
From the Guardian:
In 1956, the New South Wales premier Joseph Cahill announced a competition – open to anyone – to design a national opera house at Bennelong Point in Sydney. There were more than 200 entries and the eventual winner, Jørn Utzon’s concrete shells, took 17 years to realise. But what of the designs that didn’t make the cut? UK-based creative studio NeoMan were commissioned by Budget Direct to research and render seven of those entries, working with Venezuelan architecture specialists Projection Comunicación Arquitectónica to produce the final images, republished with permission below.
All seven at:
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